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...ROME, Italy--Anti-terror specialists Wednesday night captured Red Brigade leader Corrado Alunni, wanted in connection with 12 murders, including the recent killings of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro and his five bodyguards...
...Rome did not get its first real look at this engagingly humble man until the next day, when 200,000 people filled St. Peter's Square for the weekly Sunday noon blessing. John Paul spoke for seven minutes, dispensing with the Papal "we," brimming with good nature, bringing forth an adoring roar. "Let us understand each other," he told the crowd. "I do not have the wisdom of heart of Pope John, nor the preparation and culture of Pope Paul. However, now I am in their place and must try to help the church. I hope you will help...
...minor seminary at eleven. After that he spent his entire career in the schools and rectories of northeastern Italy. So valuable was he to the faculty of the seminary at Belluno- where he taught for ten years-that he won a Vatican dispensation to earn degrees (with honors) at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University by taking exams without attending a single class...
...tradition-and realism. On the day after the election, the Pope's choice of names was, as it always is, regarded as one of the few indications of the tone of his pontificate. Much has been made of John Paul's double choice. Last week in Rome still more was being said on the subject. Remarked Belgium's Cardinal Suenens: "People will ask, 'Is he John or is he Paul?' He will be both in his own way. His manner is more John's, but it is like mixing oxygen and hydrogen...
Archbishop of Boston, when informed in Rome that the Red Sox were 8½ games ahead: "Deo Gratias...